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Walcheren

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Author : Andrew Rawson
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2003-02-13

Walcheren written by Andrew Rawson and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-02-13 with History categories.

Describes the fierce campaign, codenamed INFATUATE, mounted in November 1944 to clear the way through to the port of Antwerp. The book describes the extraordinary courage of the Germans who fought to the bitter end.

The Knight Of Walcheren A Hudibrastic Poem Written In Commemoration Of The Late Expedition To The Scheldt

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Author : WALCHEREN.
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1810

The Knight Of Walcheren A Hudibrastic Poem Written In Commemoration Of The Late Expedition To The Scheldt written by WALCHEREN. and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1810 with categories.

Guide To Walcheren Holland

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Author : Society of encouraging foreigners to visit Walcheren at Middelburg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1905

Guide To Walcheren Holland written by Society of encouraging foreigners to visit Walcheren at Middelburg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1905 with categories.

Walcheren 1944

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Author : Richard Brooks
language : en
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Release Date : 2011-06-21

Walcheren 1944 written by Richard Brooks and has been published by Osprey Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-21 with History categories.

Osprey's study of the Walcheren campaign of World War II (1939-1945). Walcheren is a saucer-shaped island in the estuary of the river Scheldt, commanding maritime access to Antwerp, the largest port in Western Europe. The Allies captured Antwerp intact on September 4, 1944, but their eyes were on the Rhine crossings at Arnhem, not the lower Scheldt. The failure of Operation Market-Garden later that month brought home the Allies' logistical weakness. As autumn gales drew near, every shell and petrol tin had still to be landed at Cherbourg or across the Normandy beaches. Complete US Army divisions were immobilized for lack of transport. It was vital to re-open Antwerp. The continued German presence on Walcheren, however, prevented Allied shipping from entering the Scheldt. In the fall of 1944, Walcheren had the most heavily fortified coastline in the world. Its seaward defences consisted of 30 coastal and field batteries, mounting 50-60 guns from 75mm to 220mm in caliber, manned by high quality naval personnel behind massive concrete emplacements. Supporting strongpoints had anti-aircraft guns, flame-throwers rocket-launchers and Goliath remote controlled demolition vehicles. The sand dunes protecting the low-lying island from the North Sea were laced with barbed wire, mines and dragon's teeth. Defending infantry came from Generalleutnant Wilhelm Daser's 70.Infanterie-Division, a 'white bread division' consisting of men with gastric problems. Allied intelligence estimated the total garrison at 4,000, but 8,000 eventually surrendered. On November 1, 1944, in a double-pronged attack, the men of 52nd (Lowland) Division plus No. 4 Army Commando seized Flushing (Infatuate I) while in the west 4th Special Service Brigade with three Royal Marine Commandos and No. 10 Inter-Allied Commando would take Westkapelle, and fight their way north and south along the dunes, taking the coastal batteries as they went (Infatuate II). All this was to be supported with HMS Warspite and two 15-inch gun monitors; the Support Squadron Eastern Flank (SSEF) with 25 specialized Landing Craft with guns and rockets; 350 Army guns south of the Scheldt, most of them heavier than 25-pounders; and the Typhoon and Spitfire fighter bombers of 84 Group RAF. In fighting described by one survivor as 'worse than Dieppe and D-Day put together' the Army and Royal Marines forced their way ashore, supported by specialized armour and tracked vehicles, and over the next eight days cleared the positions of their German defenders in bitter street fighting. The first Liberty ships unloaded at Antwerp on December 1, just over a fortnight before the Ardennes offensive began. If Walcheren had not fallen when it did, opening Antwerp just in time, the Allies would have been hard pressed to withstand the German attack, or replace the fuel stocks lost in its opening days, let alone cross the Rhine in the following spring, and meet the Russians on the Elbe. The Walcheren campaign was not merely a dramatic combined operation pulled off against the odds; it helped determine the course of the war and the shape of the post-war world.

Observations On The Walcheren Diseases

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Author : George Pearson Dawson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1810

Observations On The Walcheren Diseases written by George Pearson Dawson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1810 with Communicable diseases categories.

Walcheren 1809

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Author : Martin R. Howard
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2012-10-24

Walcheren 1809 written by Martin R. Howard and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-24 with History categories.

In July 1809, with the Dutch coast a pistol held at the head of England, the largest British expeditionary force ever assembled, over 40,000 men and around 600 ships, weighed anchor off the Kent coast and sailed for the island of Walcheren in the Scheldt estuary. After an initial success, the expedition stalled and as the lethargic military commander, Lord Chatham, was at loggerheads with the opinionated senior naval commander, Sir Richard Strachan, troops were dying of a mysterious disease termed Walcheren fever. Almost all the campaigns 4,000 dead were victims of disease. The Scheldt was evacuated and the return home was followed by a scandalous Parliamentary Inquiry. Walcheren fever cast an even longer shadow. Six months later 11,000 men were still registered sick. In 1812, Wellington complained that the constitution of his troops was much shaken with Walcheren.

Turning The Key

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Author : Paul M. Crucq
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009

Turning The Key written by Paul M. Crucq and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Walcheren (Netherlands) categories.

Details the final phase of Operation Infatuate-- the Battle of the Scheldt Estuary and the full surrender of German Occupation troops, to liberate Antwerp, Belgium and return the port to Allied hands in November of 1944. The operation consisted of two parts. The first to attack Flushing and secondly, to storm the shattered dike at Westkapelle with units from the British and Canadian armies.

Walcheren A New Poem

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Author : Walcheren
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1810

Walcheren A New Poem written by Walcheren and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1810 with categories.

Walcheren A New Poem In Five Parts

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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1810

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Letters From Flushing Containing An Account Of The Expedition To Walcheren Beveland And The Mouth Of The Scheldt Under The Command Of The Earl Of Chatham

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Author : Flushing
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1809

Letters From Flushing Containing An Account Of The Expedition To Walcheren Beveland And The Mouth Of The Scheldt Under The Command Of The Earl Of Chatham written by Flushing and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1809 with categories.